Stride

Quick meaning: Stride is a verb meaning (intransitive) To walk with long steps.

Meaning

(intransitive) To walk with long steps.

More Meanings

1. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
2. To pass over at a step; to step over.
3. To straddle.
4. (countable) A long step in walking.
5. (countable) The distance covered by a long step.
6. (countable, computing) The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
7. (uncountable, music) A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.

Example Sentences

I mean to stride your steed.

a debtor that not dares to stride a limit

Mars in the middle of the shining shield / Is grav'd, and strides along the liquid field.

Rail technology advanced step by step - albeit electrification was a good stride, rather than a short step.

Word Forms

• strides
• striding
• strode
• stridden
• strid

Synonyms for stride

Depending on context, synonyms include lope, bestride, pace, tread, step, footstep.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include step, pace, tread, footstep, march, gait.

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